Photo That's One Lucky Shopper Tower Electronics at 60-92 Myrtle Avenue provided a 32-inch HDTV as the grand prize in the Myrtle Avenue Business Improvement District (BID) Lucky Shopper Holiday Raffle. Carmela Alvarez (at left) won the prize, which was presented by storeowner Frank Papp and his daughter Francesca. The BID's spring plans include the Myrtle Avenue Street Fair on Sunday, Apr. 19- for more information visit www.ridgewood-ny.com. More ...

Promoted At Ridgewood Savings Bank, Anthony J. Simeone was promoted to senior vice president and chief lending officer from vice president and commercial lending officer. Simeone's promotion was among the senior officer promotions recently announced by William C. McGarry, the bank's chairman, president and chief executive officer. More ...

Two New Members For Glendale Club The Kiwanis Club of Glendale inducted two new members at a club meeting on Thursday, Jan. 29. Shown standing, left to right: President Joseph Aiello, Past President Dave Fitzgerald, Kiwanis Governor Joe Corace; and the two new members seated in front, Liz Kaslow (at left) and Janet Falcone (at right). More ...

Newtown Grad Air Force Airman 1st Class Yolande M. Dixon has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. The airman is a 1997 graduate of Newtown High School, Elmhurst. She is the daughter of Luna and Ezzard Dixon of Queens Village and sister of Damian Dixon of Washington, D.C. More ...

Photo Graduated Air Force Airman Jonathan H. Rios has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. He is the son of Carole Lefebvre of Easton Turnpike, Lake Ariel, Pa., and Antonio Rios of 77th St., Jackson Heights. More ...

Photo A Dance For Cash At the St. Margaret Americana Dance fund-raiser on Saturday, Jan. 31, Michael J. Roemmelt of Michaels Funeral Home in Middle Village presented Rev. Steven J. Aguggia with a check for $1500 for St. Margaret School. Roemmelt, shown at left with Reverend Aguggia, helped secure the funds from his casket supply company, Milso Industries. He also donated a flat screen HDTV for a raffle prize. More ...

Photo Ridgewood's Library Friends Installed The Friends of the Ridgewood Library held an installation of its executive members and board of directors on Monday, Feb. 2 at the Ridgewood Library. In addition, the group of local library advocates was rechartered by Queens Library. The installation was officiated by City Council Member Elizabeth Crowley, who is shown standing at center in front row, flanked by James Van Bramer (at right), Queens Library's director of government and community relations, and Terry Onody, the Friends of the Ridgewood Library's new president (at left). Among those also present were Jeff Gottlieb, representing City Council Member Joseph Addabbo; Antonio Reynosa, representing City Council Member Diana Reyna; and Vesna Simonovic, branch manager of the Ridgewood Library. Besides Terry Onody, those installed included Maureen Hess, vice president; Colette Slagle, secretary; board members Maryellen Borello, Paul Kerzner, Wilhelmina Brummel, Donna Dowd, Catherine Hess, Patricia Klein, Ruth Noonan, Ernie Onody, Helen Ries, Luis Rodriguez, Joanne Serenson, Gerard Tate, Linda Vey, Dieter Vey, Krystal Whitnum and Helen Woisin. Not pictured are Barbara Lukan, treasurer; and board members Albert Anderson, Virginia Comber, Peter Comber, June Conrad, Tom Dowd, Nubia Holzherr, John Maier, Ashley Nunez, Marlis Rubio, Jeanette St. Louis and Angela Suren. (photo: Joseph Epstein) More ...

Photo They Had A Ball Supporting Their School The only cure for dance fever was to take to the floor at the St. Aloysius Parish Center in Ridgewood, as the Home School Association of St. Aloysius School sponsored its annual Winter Ball last Saturday evening, Jan. 31. Over 300 people turned out to support the fund-raising event to benefit the school, located at 360 Seneca Ave., which is celebrating 115 years of providing Catholic education. (photo: Allen Epstein) More ...

Photo School's Open House Is A Glendale Hit St. John Evangelical Lutheran School in Glendale held an Open House evening event last Tuesday, Jan. 27. Principal Barbara Chin-Sinn (second from left) joined students, faculty and staff in welcoming prospective students and their families. Another Open House event at the school, located at 88-24 Myrtle Ave., will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 10 at 9 a.m., noon and 6 p.m. In addition, Tuesdays will see an Open House morning event from 9 a.m. to noon. (photo: Allen Epstein) More ...

Photo Royals Sprint To Meet Feat The Christ the King Freshman Boys Track Team placed second overall at the Brooklyn Queens Championships, the Middle Village high school's best finish in over 30 years. The freshman Royals, who accomplished the feat with only eight runners, beat out teams with twice as many runners by winning five out of the seven races that they entered, and finishing second in the other two. Shown from left to right: Anthony DeJesus, Rich Araya, Javier Bolanos, Darrius Pritchett, Eryk Gajewski, Brandon Rivera, Anthony Texter, Paul McCullagh and Coach Joseph Lapolla. More ...

Photo Hoops Wizard Visits Sacred Heart Glendale's Sacred Heart School hosted a Pasta Night on Friday, Jan. 31, where a hoops wizard held students spellbound. "Black Jack," as the entertainer called himself, is pictured above getting the audience involved. He also held a foul-shooting contest, which was won by Sacred Heart School's Gina Contorno. More ...